PLATE I 

 WOOD WREN. Phylloscopus sibilatrix. 



yd June 1896. This Plate was taken from a lonely nest I came across on the 

 banks of the Findhorn in Morayshire. I heard the male singing, and watched 

 him for nearly three hours before I saw him join his mate. I watched her till 

 she went back to the nest, and the rest was simple. Unfortunately it was a 

 damp day, with a fine drizzling rain coming steadily down, and as it was my 

 last day in the neighbourhood, I had to photograph the nest under these 

 unfavourable conditions. 



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